I am particularly interested in topics related to: mental health and health,resettlement/integration barriers and finding new ways for individuals, family or community healing. My education, research and practice background is: neuroscience and social work; migration and resettlement; forced migration, refugees, trauma and transference; equity and higher education; poverty and social policy.

I am the recipient of the 2014 Hilary M. Weston Scholarship for outstanding efforts and commitment to the study of mental health.

Bokore, N. (2012). Suffering in Silence: A Somali Canadian Case Study. Journal of Social Work Practice: Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Health, Welfare and the Community. Rutledge- doi:10.1080/02650533.2012.682979

2018 Sector Literacy The event is hosted by Carleton School of Social Work on October 5, 2018.
Topic: Roundtable Discussion; Bringing academies, community organizational leaders, frontline worker and students to discuss creating a better collaboration system for community-based research.

2018 Community Collaboration &Black History Month 2018. Organized and presented at a half day workshop/conversation on mental health in the Black community in Ottawa with PQ community Health Center. The event is sponsored by Carleton University School Of Social Work on February 25, 2018. The event page: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/mental-health-in-the-black-community-tickets-43029735096
Topic: Black Mental Health Matters

2018 Roundtable Discussion CARFMS2018: Supporting Emerging Migration Scholars and Practitioners. CARFMS is an “Annual Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies. The event is hosted by Carleton University on May 22-25, 2018.
Topic: The exclusion of refugees in discussions involving research, dissemination, practice, and policy. She will also provide recommendations for having inclusive spaces in migration research and policy.

2017-2018 A Member Of The Organizing Committee and the Programme Sub -Committee lead, “Annual Canadian Association For Refugee and Forced Migration Studies on May 22-25, 2018. Hosted by Carleton University

2017 Organized the first Conference “Somali Studies in Canada: Resilience and Resistance” attended by 105 registered community members and 30 young Canadian Scholars on October 14, 2017. Hosted by Faculty of Social Work, Migration and Diaspora Studies, Canadian and Aboriginal Studies at Carleton University

2016The 16th IASFM Conference held in Poznan, Poland. Hosted by the Centre for Migration Studies at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Law and Public Administration at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, July 10-15, 2016

2015The International In Sickness and In Health Conference Hosted by The University of the Balearic Island, Spain, June 10-12, 2015

2015The 17th National Metropolis Conference.“Broadening the Conversation: Policy and Practice in Immigration, Settlement and Diversity.” Hosted by The Association for Canadian Studies (ACS), Poster presentation at the Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, BC, March 26-28, 2015